James Smiley Lecturer

Professor Cary Cooper, CBE

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Professor Cooper will deliver the 21st Annual James Smiley Lecture at 2pm on Friday 21st November 2008.

Professor Cooper is currently professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at the Lancaster University Management School. He is also a Visiting Professor at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh), and the universities of Sheffield, Exeter and Liverpool, and holds honorary doctorates from Heriot-Watt, Wolverhampton, Aston and Middlesex universities, as well as honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians. Many distinctions and honours have been bestowed on him over the years and he has published widely on stress and organisational psychology.

He has been invited to give major addresses in international conferences and universities abroad (e.g., International Monetary Fund, Hong Kong Occupational Safety & Health Commission, Free University of Berlin, University of Bergen, University of Stockholm, University of Tilberg, University of Braga, University of Amsterdam, Queens University (Canada), University of Virginia, etc.), and to government and international bodies all over the world: Japan, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Finland, US, Ireland, Russia, Sweden, Portugal, Australia, Hong Kong, etc.

He has also appeared regularly on British radio and television, and co-wrote and presented a five-part documentary series on workplace stress for Thames TV entitled "How to Survive the 9 to 5", which was shown on Channel 4.

All are welcome to attend; admission is free but registration is required please contact the Faculty at fom@rcpi.ie to register

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